Mesodinium chamaeleon
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mesodinium-chamaeleon-243-15325
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Mesodinium chamaeleon
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Mesodinium chamaeleon is a ciliate of the genus Mesodinium. It is known for being able to consume and maintain algae endosymbiotically for days before digesting the algae. It has the ability to eat red and green algae, and afterwards using the chlorophyll granules from the algae to generate energy, turning itself from being a heterotroph into an autotroph. The species was discovered in January 2012 outside the coast of Nivå, Denmark by professor Øjvind Moestrup. In contrast to certain other spec
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Species of single-celled organism
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesodinium_chamaeleon
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2024-02-01T10:45:07Z
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